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Manilkara zapota P. Royen 1953

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK

Description

Achras zapota Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1190. 1753.

"Habitat in Jamaica." RCN: 2550.

Replaced synonym of: Achras mammosa L. (1762), nom. illeg.

Lectotype (Gilly in Trop. Woods 73: 5. 1943): [icon] “Sapota” in Plumier, Nov. Pl. Amer.: 43, t. 4. 1703.

Generitype of Achras Linnaeus, nom. rej.

Current name: Manilkara zapota (L.) P. Royen (Sapotaceae).

Note: Achras Linnaeus, nom. rej. in favour of Manilkara Adans.

See a detailed discussion by Tirel (in Adansonia, sér. 2, 7: 103-107. 1967), who reproduced (as pl. 1) the Plumier type illustration, as did Cook (in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 16: 279, pl. 100. 1913).

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A), pp. 252-342 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 256, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
P. Royen
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Ericales
Family
Sapotaceae
Genus
Manilkara
Species
zapota
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Manilkara zapota Royen, 1953 sec. Jarvis, 2007